Musicians down

So that's two violins, two violas, a cello, a double bass, a French horn, a melodica, an oboe and two vocalists recorded in one 12 hour session!

Plainly, and as a result, I've no idea whether I'm coming or going. Nathan is similarly bewildered. We got chips on the way home, and will eat them tonight whilst staring blankly at the television.

I am wondering if I've managed to break my own record for number of cups of tea consumed in a 24 hour period today. I must have had at least twelve.

It's been fun. Sort of. But also highly adrenaline-filled, and at times incredibly stressful. The string session over-ran by half an hour, which is not too awful in the scheme of things, particularly baring in mind the  crazy difficulty level of the wedding's opening number; a six-minute tour of  pretty much every style of music you can imagine from rock to reggae. Well, okay, there's no reggae, but I couldn't think of another musical style beginning with r!

Today's vocalists were Izzy Mant and Meriel, both of whom did a brilliant job. The lines we have people singing are not the easiest in the world for non-singers, but I have been absolutely thrilled with the way people have tackled them.

Tomorrow is the turn of the choir. No doubt by the time we finish, both of us will have entirely lost our minds. Still, it's all a laugh isn't it?

The one thing which has started to worry me is the sheer number of people who seem to be upset with us because we're unable to deal with their questions about the wedding. Questions about timings, rehearsals etc are all legitimate, of course, but when the answer to the question is unknown and two hundred people are still asking it via email, text or telephone, it's enough to send a man into a state of apoplexy!